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Raquel Silva's MM Conducting Recital 2
No full textFanfare La Peri (1912) by Paul Dukas
Petite Symphonie (1885) by Charles Gounod
Little Threepenny Music (1928) by Kurt WeillRelated performance for this degree -- Raquel Silva's MM Conducting Recital 1: http://hdl.handle.net/2346/58519Recital recordings are archival copies for educational purposes only. Members of the TTU community may request to listen/view them for educational purposes via the PDF link to the left
Raquel Silva's MM Conducting Recital 1
No full textNote: Recital 1 is a complication of multiple performances that combined is credited as one recital."Emblem of Unity" by J.J. Richards
"An Irish Rhapsody" by Clare Grundman
"Serenade for Winds" by Richard Strauss
"Down a Country Lane" by Aaron Copland
"Fanfare La Peri" by Paul Dukas
"Petite Symphonie" by Charles Gounod
"Little Threepenny Music" by Kurt WeillRelated performance for this degree -- Raquel Silva's MM Conducting Recital 2: https://hdl.handle.net/2346/99390Recital recordings are archival copies for educational purposes only. Members of the TTU community may request to listen/view them for educational purposes via the PDF link to the left
Siphamia corallicola Allen
No full textSiphamia corallicola Allen Figures 13, 14a Siphamia corallicola Allen, 1993: 12, figs. 4–6 (type locality, Tab Island, Madang, PNG; holotype, WAM P.30337-009). Diagnosis: Dorsal rays VII+I,9; anal rays II,8; pectoral rays 11–12, unbranched and compressed distally; tubed lateral-line scales 6–13; median predorsal scales about 5–6 (2 specimens); total gill rakers 2–4 + 9–10; developed gill rakers 1 + 7–8; gill rakers on ceratobranchial 6 (rarely 7). Body ovate, its depth 2.6–3.1 in SL, and body width 2.0– 2.7 in the depth; eye diameter 2.9–3.6 in head length; first dorsal spine 3.3–4.3 in second spine; second dorsal spine 3.0–4.8, spine of second dorsal fin 3.0–3.9, and second anal spine 3.0–4.3, all in head length; pectoral-fin length 5.1–6.1 and pelvic-fin length 5.0– 5.3 in SL; caudal-peduncle length 1.1–1.4 in distance between pelvic spine insertion and anal-fin origin. Preopercular ridge smooth; preopercular edge with 0–12 (usually 6–10) fine serrations. Vomer with narrow band of small teeth forming v-shape; palatines with narrow band of small teeth. Scales weakly spinoid, but cycloid on anterior part of body below lateral line and area covered by pectoral fin. Tip of light organ on each side of tongue bound by membrane. Colour in life (from underwater photo taken by G.R. Allen): head and body covered with large red-brown blotches with narrow silvery interspaces, sometimes forming 4–5 widely spaced pale bars on side; diffuse, vertically ovate, brown spot covering base of caudal fin; fins translucent. Colour in alcohol: generally pale tan with variable pattern of irregular brown blotches on head and body; a faint backward slanting brown band on cheek below rear corner of eye; distinct vertically ovate, brown spot covering base of caudal fin; a faint narrow brown bar across pelvic fin bases; greyish luminescent gland along belly, extending on to lowermost part of caudal peduncle, the gland containing numerous dark brown spots (contracted melanophores), its dorsal edge darkly pigmented; fins uniformly pale tan or whitish; palate and dorsal surface of tongue with scattered dark brown spots (contracted melanophores); peritoneum with large, conspicuous dark brown spots; stomach and intestine with fewer, smaller dark brown spots. Smallest specimen examined, 14.3 mm, and largest specimen 30.5 mm, both from Madang, PNG. Remarks: See Tables 1–3 for frequency distributions of pectoral rays, lateral-line scales and gill rakers. One specimen 18.4 mm (CAS 63655) had no palatine teeth. The dark brown spot across the caudal-fin base becomes indistinct when its melanophores contract into small dark dots. However, these dots are larger and usually darker than most other dark dots scattered on the side of the body. Siphamia corallicola is a member of the S. tubulata species group and appears to be closely related to S. elongata from the Philippines. Both species have similar morphometrics and counts for fin rays and gill rakers (Tables 1, 3). However, they differ in the number of tubed lateral-line scales and the number of serrations on the preopercular edge, with S. elongata having 17–23 and 11–27, respectively. In addition, S. elongata seems to have a longer third dorsal spine (2.3–2.7 in head length versus 2.9–3.1 in head length in S. corallicola). Siphamia elongata also appears to attain a slightly larger size (to 36 mm SL). See Tables 1–3 for differences between S. corallicola and the remaining species of the S. tubulata group in the numbers of pectoral-fin rays, tubed lateral-line scales and gill rakers. In addition, S. cephalotes and S. cuneiceps are distinguished from S. corallicola in having a more elongate body (depth 3.2–4.8 in SL) and a longer first dorsal spine (1.1–1.3 in second spine), while S. roseigaster differs in having 10–11 soft rays in the dorsal and anal fins, as well as a free-ending light organ in the mouth. Siphamia corallicola is a relatively small species. The smallest male specimen with an enlarged buccal cavity (evidence of oral egg incubation) was 21.4 mm SL. A buccal egg mass was collected from a live male, 25.0 mm SL, at Madang. It contained 162 eggs, each with a diameter of 0.95–1.0 mm. Freshly hatched larvae were about 2.8 mm TL. The smallest mature female (visual examination) was 23.3 mm SL (BPBM 37647). This species was originally collected in the vicinity of Madang, Papua New Guinea and in two locations at Sabah, Malaysia (northern Borneo) (Allen 1993). More recently, Allen and Adrim (2003) reported it from Bali, Indonesia, based on field observations. In addition, we found museum specimens that were collected at Siberut Island (off western Sumatra) and Sulawesi, Indonesia; Cebu Island, Philippines; and the Timor Sea (Fig. 7). This species appears to be relatively widespread in the Indo-Malayan region, but is difficult to detect due to its small size and cryptic behaviour. The habitat consists of sheltered waters of lagoons and coastal inlets at depths between about 6– 22 m. At Madang and Sabah it was generally seen in groups of approximately 30–40 individuals, often hovering beside or among growths of the pocilloporid coral Seriatopora hystrix. Material examined: INDONESIA: Sumatra, Siberut Island, BPBM 37647, 4: 15.5–23.3 mm. Sulawesi, Ujungpadang, TAU P.6305, 5: 25.5–29.0 mm. PHILIPPINES: Cebu, TAU P.3406, 2: 23.0–25.0 mm. PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Madang, AMS I.33355-001, 5: 14.3–28.0 mm (paratypes); BPBM 32492, 7: 17.0– 23.6 mm; CAS 63655, 18.4 mm; NTM S.13677-005, 3: 15.0–21.0 mm; USNM 323788, 5: 18.9–28.3 mm (paratypes); WAM P.30337-002, 7: 18.8–30.5 mm (paratypes); WAM 30337 -009, 28.5 mm (holotype); WAM P.30372-004, 8: 16.8–26.8 mm (paratypes); WAM P.30375-002, 24: 10.7–21.4 mm (paratypes). MALAYSIA, SABAH: Mamutik Island, off Kota Kinabalu, WAM P.30402-005, 5: 17.3–20.4 mm (paratypes). Tetagan Island, Bodgaya Islands, WAM P.30405-014, 30.0 mm (paratype). Darvel Bay, USNM 203781, 10: 16.8–24.9 mm; USNM 374477, 17.7 mm. TIMOR SEA: Flat Top Bank, NTM S.12333-004, 2: 11.5–16.5 mm.Published as part of Gon, Ofer & Allen, Gerald R., 2012, 3294, pp. 1-84 in Zootaxa 3294 on pages 28-3
Siphamia jebbi Allen
No full textSiphamia jebbi Allen Figures 20c–e, 24 Siphamia jebbi Allen, 1993: 14, fig. 7 (type locality, Padoz Reef, off Nagada Harbour, Madang, PNG; holotype, WAM P.30375-006). Diagnosis: Dorsal rays VII+I,9; anal rays II,8; pectoral rays 13 (rarely 12 or 14), unbranched and compressed distally; tubed lateral-line scales 0–8; median predorsal scales 4–5; total gill rakers 3–5 + 8–11 = 12–15; developed gill rakers 2 + 8–10; gill rakers on ceratobranchial 7–8. Body ovate, its depth 2.2–2.4 in SL, and body width 1.9–2.7 in the depth; eye diameter 2.7–3.0 in head length; first dorsal spine 2.0– 6.3 in second spine; second dorsal spine 4.1–5.9, spine of second dorsal fin 3.2–4.2, and second anal spine 4.2–4.8, all in head length; pectoral-fin length 4.1–5.3 and pelvic-fin length 3.8–4.8 in SL; caudal-peduncle length 1.2–2.0 in distance between pelvic spine insertion and anal-fin origin. Preopercular ridge smooth, the edge usually fully serrate (16–29 serrations). Vomer and palatines with single series to narrow band of small teeth, that of the former in v-shape. Scales large, thin and deciduous, usually cycloid under and around pectoral fin, and spinoid on at least posterior half of body; lateral-line scales with vertical series of papillae. Light organ relatively short, ending on caudal peduncle at 1–2 scales beyond base of last anal-fin ray; tip of light organ on each side of tongue bound by membrane. Colour in life (from underwater photos by G.R. Allen): body translucent white peppered with small dark dots mostly anteriorly on upper part of body, below and in front of first dorsal fin; body and head with dense orange dots and markings of variable size that form irregular horizontal lines on lower part of body (Fig. 20c); fin spines orange and fin rays orange proximally; fin membrane pale; upper part of orbit sometimes with orange dots and pupil encircle by iridescent blue dots; interorbital space and nape with variable amount of dark brown pigment. Colour when fresh (from colour photos by J.T. Williams): generally translucent white, sometimes silvery anteriorly; body peppered with small dark dots overlaid with variable amount of orange dots and dashes, usually fading out on caudal peduncle (Fig. 20d); small dark dots posteriorly on premaxilla, and along branchiostegal rays; fins usually pale, occasionally with dark specks basally; light organ silvery with dark vertical or slanted striations. Colour in alcohol: mainly pale yellowish tan with scattered inconspicuous pepper-like dark dots on side of body; side of head and anteroventral portion of body silvery; a dark diagonal band on cheek from ventral edge of eye to angle of preopercular ridge; a narrow blackish line from anterior end of preopercular ridge passing below end of maxilla to ventral edge of dark cheek band; silvery luminescent gland along belly, extending on to lowermost part of caudal peduncle, the gland covered by numerous dark striations, its dorsal edge darkly pigmented; fins translucent white; palate and dorsal surface of tongue with dense covering of dark dots; peritoneum with large, conspicuous dark brown dots; stomach and intestine with fewer, smaller dark dots. Smallest specimen examined, USNM 341594, 7.5 mm, from Tonga and largest specimen, the holotype, 22.0 mm, from Papua New Guinea. Remarks: See Tables 1–3 for frequency distributions of pectoral rays, lateral-line scales and gill rakers. Only two specimens had a full complement of five median predorsal scales. The tubed lateral line is sometimes followed by several scales with vestigial tubes. The light organ of a 10.5 mm specimen ended posteriorly at the base of the last anal-fin ray. This species belongs to the S. tubifer group, but is similar in general appearance to species of the S. tubulata group such as S. brevilux, S. fistulosa and S. senoui. However, it is easily distinguished from them by the vertical, dark striations on its light organ as opposed to scattered dots. Only one other species in the S. tubifer group, S. stenotes, shares two developed gill rakers on the upper limb of the first gill arch with S. jebbi, while both S. stenotes and S. argentea share a count of usually 13 pectoral-fin rays (Tables 1, 3). Both species can be separated from S. jebbi by their colour pattern (S. argentea has irregular dark markings above and below the lateral line and S. stenotes has two dark, horizontal lines on the body), as well as in having more tubed lateral-line scales (Table 2) and modally lower (S. argentea) and higher (S. stenotes) total number of gill rakers (Table 3). Siphamia jebbi also has the shortest light organ in its species group and is a relatively small species, rarely exceeding 20 mm SL. See Tables 1–3 for meristic differences with other species in this group. Re-examination of the type series of S. jebbi at the WAM revealed that seven paratypes (WAM P.30337-006, 5: 16.4–23.8 mm; WAM P.30372-006, 14.4 mm; and WAM P.30376-019, 24.8 mm), all from Madang, Papua New Guinea, were formerly misidentified and are actually S. cyanophthalma. The photograph in Allen (1993: fig. 7) is one of the misidentified specimens and not the holotype. It clearly shows the two horizontal blue lines across the eye and the ventral yellow part of the iris that are characteristic for that species. Siphamia jebbi has been collected thus far in the Philippines, Sabah, Indonesia (Flores to West Papua), Federated States of Micronesia, Papua New Guinea, Western Australia (Rowley Shoals), Queensland, Caroline Islands (Pohnpei), Fiji, and Tonga (Fig. 6). It occurs in sheltered waters of lagoons and bays, on silt, sand or rubble bottom with coral coverage varying from isolated knolls and patch reefs to fringing reef at depths between 0– 29 m. At Madang the second author observed it usually in groups of about 20–40 individuals and it was often sighted in close proximity to Siphamia corallicola among beds of the pocilloporid coral Seriatopora hystrix. Material examined: PHILIPPINES: Bararin Island, Palawan Province, USNM 262446, 4: 13.8–17.0 mm. Siquijor Island, USNM 268145, 4: 11.3–18.0 mm; USNM 357883, 3: 13.2–17.6 mm. MALAYSIA, SABAH: Darvel Bay, Pulau Gaya, USNM 339039, 4: 11.1–12.1 mm. Mabul Island, KPM-NI 1903, 16.6 mm. INDONESIA: Borneo, RMNH 21043, 17.2 mm. Maumere, Flores, BPBM 32117, 3: 10.5–15.9 mm. Batanta Island, Papua Province, USNM 262581, 12: 9.6–15.4 mm. PALAU: CAS 84296, 4: 12.0- 16.7 mm; ROM 77203, 15.3 mm. TIMOR SEA: Hibernia Reef, NTM S.13420-035, 6: 15.0–19.0 mm. FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA: Yap, Ifalik Atoll, CAS 84291, 15.0 mm. PAPUA NEW GUINEA: D’Entrecasteaux Islands, Goodenough Island, USNM 249707, 3: 13.1–17.8 mm. Ninigo Islands, Ami Island, USNM 262336, 18.4 mm. Kranket Island, USNM 262337, 3: 9.4–18.3 mm. Madang, AMS I.33356-001, 5: 14.3–21.3.0 mm (paratypes); USNM 323789, 5: 13.7–21.6 mm (paratypes); WAM P.30375-001, 20: 11.7–22.4 mm (paratypes); WAM P.30375-006, 22.0 mm (holotype). WESTERN AUSTRALIA: Rowley Shoals, Mermaid Reef, WAM P.27666-013, 2: 14.7–15.2 mm (paratypes). QUEENSLAND: Ashmore Reef, AMS I.33715-016, 13: 9.4–17.4 mm. Lizard Island, AMS I.18740- 058, 2: 12.5–12.7 mm; AMS I.18740-066, 8: 11.1–15.2 mm. Escape Reef, AMS I. 22581-021, 13.7 mm. FIJI: Suva Harbour, AMS I.18353-041, 8: 14.2–20.0 mm. Yanu-Yanu-Sao Island, ROM 43261, 24: 10.6–18.6 mm. Ono Levu Island, USNM 262493, 8.4 mm; USNM 245643, 55: 9.2–18.5 mm. Totoya Island, USNM 245637, 17: 11.0– 17.2 mm; USNM 245640, 13: 9.5–19.7 mm. Matuku Island, USNM 262472, 12.1 mm; USNM 245638, 35: 9.6–20.4 mm; USNM, 245639, 2: 14.9–16.5 mm. WALLIS ISLANDS: Ila Uvea, USNM 369972, 16.75 mm; USNM 371169, 46: 8.8–17.8 mm; USNM 373648, 65: 8.7–16.5 mm. TONGA: Vava’u Island, UNSM 341592, 9.5 mm; USNM 341593, 8.5 mm; USNM 374676, 19: 12.0– 18.4 mm. Lifuka Island, USNM 341590, 3: 15.2–20.7 mm. Mala Island, USNM 341594, 96: 7.5–18.5 mm. Tongatapu Island, USNM 341591, 5: 11.9–14.6 mm. CAROLINE ISLANDS: Pohnpei, USNM 223216, 32: 9.5–16.7 mm.Published as part of Gon, Ofer & Allen, Gerald R., 2012, 3294, pp. 1-84 in Zootaxa 3294 on pages 49-5
Copper marginal and deficient diets decrease aortic prostacyclin production and copper-dependent superoxide dismutase activity, and increase aortic lipid peroxidation in rats.
No full textRecent Results From the EU POF-PLUS Project: Multi-Gigabit Transmission Over 1 mm Core Diameter Plastic Optical Fibers
No full textRecent activity to achieve multi-gigabit transmission over 1 mm core diameter graded-index and step-index plastic optical fibers for distances up to 50 meters is reported in this paper. By employing a simple intensity-modulated direct-detection system with pulse amplitude or digital multi-tone modulation techniques, low-cost transceivers and easy to install large-core POFs, it is demonstrated that multi-gigabit transmission up to 10 Gbit/s over 1-mm core diameter POF infrastructure is feasible. The results presented in this paper were obtained in the EU FP7 POF-PLUS project, which focused on applications in different scenarios, such as in next-generation in-building residential networks and in datacom applications
From the New Wave to the New Hollywood: The Life Cycles of Important Movie Directors from Godard and Truffaut to Spielberg and Eastwood
No full textTwo great movie directors were both born in 1930. One of them, Jean-Luc Godard, revolutionized filmmaking during his 30s, and declined in creativity thereafter. In contrast, Clint Eastwood did not direct his first movie until he had passed the age of 40, and did not emerge as an important director until after 60. This dramatic difference in life cycles was not accidental, but was a characteristic example of a pattern that has been identified across the arts: Godard was a conceptual innovator who peaked early, whereas Eastwood was an experimental innovator who improved with experience. This paper examines the goals, methods, and creative life cycles of Godard, Eastwood, and eight other directors who were the most important filmmakers of the second half of the twentieth century. Francis Ford Coppola, Stanley Kubrick, Stephen Spielberg, and François Truffaut join Godard in the category of conceptual young geniuses, while Woody Allen, Robert Altman, John Cassavetes, and Martin Scorsese are classed with Eastwood as experimental old masters. In an era in which conceptual innovators have dominated a number of artistic activities, the strong representation of experimental innovators among the greatest film directors is an interesting phenomenon.
Virtual patients design and its effect on clinical reasoning and student experience : a protocol for a randomised factorial multi-centre study
No full textBackground
Virtual Patients (VPs) are web-based representations of realistic clinical cases. They are proposed as being an optimal method for teaching clinical reasoning skills. International standards exist which define precisely what constitutes a VP. There are multiple design possibilities for VPs, however there is little formal evidence to support individual design features. The purpose of this trial is to explore the effect of two different potentially important design features on clinical reasoning skills and the student experience. These are the branching case pathways (present or absent) and structured clinical reasoning feedback (present or absent).
Methods/Design
This is a multi-centre randomised 2x2 factorial design study evaluating two independent variables of VP design, branching (present or absent), and structured clinical reasoning feedback (present or absent).The study will be carried out in medical student volunteers in one year group from three university medical schools in the United Kingdom, Warwick, Keele and Birmingham. There are four core musculoskeletal topics. Each case can be designed in four different ways, equating to 16 VPs required for the research. Students will be randomised to four groups, completing the four VP topics in the same order, but with each group exposed to a different VP design sequentially. All students will be exposed to the four designs. Primary outcomes are performance for each case design in a standardized fifteen item clinical reasoning assessment, integrated into each VP, which is identical for each topic. Additionally a 15-item self-reported evaluation is completed for each VP, based on a widely used EViP tool. Student patterns of use of the VPs will be recorded.
In one centre, formative clinical and examination performance will be recorded, along with a self reported pre and post-intervention reasoning score, the DTI. Our power calculations indicate a sample size of 112 is required for both primary outcomes
The Nude Aesop: Camera Fables for the Modern Man
No full textHow can it be that I have been collecting for seventeen years and never even knew that this crazy book existed?! Hats off to Greg Williams for finding it for me! Aesop serves as a kind of coat rack for hanging your latest nude photographs, just as one could do a nude Shakespeare or a nude Mother Goose. Overall, there are five fables, two folk-tale parodies, and one group of photos that did not work into the fables. In WS, Allen cleverly (1) chooses the poorer version, so that the story is about taking off clothes and (2) makes the subject a girl, so that the bet is about making her drop her cloak completely. In The Dancing Lamb, the wolf, playing the lamb's flute, begins to enjoy himself as the lamb dances. The Stomach Rebellion is done in color. The choice of its last illustration raises questions. MM, which uses a wine-jar, makes the most effective use of the medium. Lazy Elizabeth works off the Aesopic The Boy and the Filberts. The dust-jacket blurb says that this book breaks new ground in a well-worn field.This is a hardbound book (hard cover)This book has a dust jacket (book cover)Casey Alle
Non-Homologous end joining induced alterations in DNA methylation: A source of permanent epigenetic change
No full textIn addition to genetic mutations, epigenetic revision plays a major role in the development and progression of cancer; specifically, inappropriate DNA methylation or demethylation of CpG residues may alter the expression of genes that promote tumorigenesis. We hypothesize that DNA repair, specifically the repair of DNA double strand breaks (DSB) by Non-Homologous End Joining (NHEJ) may play a role in this process. Using a GFP reporter system inserted into the genome of HeLa cells, we are able to induce targeted DNA damage that enables the cells, after successfully undergoing NHEJ repair, to express WT GFP. These GFP+ cells were segregated into two expression classes, one with robust expression (Bright) and the other with reduced expression (Dim). Using a DNA hypomethylating drug (AzadC) we demonstrated that the different GFP expression levels was due to differential methylation statuses of CpGs in regions on either side of the break site. Deep sequencing analysis of this area in sorted Bright and Dim populations revealed a collection of different epi-alleles that display patterns of DNA methylation following repair by NHEJ. These patterns differ between Bright and Dim cells which are hypo- and hypermethylated, respectively, and between the post-repair populations and the original, uncut cells. These data suggest that NHEJ repair facilitates a rewrite of the methylation landscape in repaired genes, elucidating a potential source for the altered methylation patterns seen in cancer cells, and understanding the mechanism by which this occurs could provide new therapeutic targets for preventing this process from contributing to tumorigenesis
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